Abstracts from the Assumption Pioneer, 1850-1851, Assumption Parish, La.
Submitted by David J. Valenziano for Audrey B. Westerman
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This article appeared in the Terrebonne Genealogical Society's
publication Terrebonne Life Lines (TLL), Volume 4, No. 3, Fall
1985. It was contributed by Audrey B. Westerman. It is published here
on the LaGenWeb Assumption Parish Archives with the permission of
Ms. Westerman and the Terrebonne Genealogical Society.
THE ASSUMPTION PIONEER, 1850-1851
(Published every Saturday)
by Audrey B. Westerman
(Taken from microfilm of the "Assumption Pioneer," a weekly newspaper,
on file at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La. These notices
which appeared in the paper give locations and directions to land not
always specified in the legal records at the courthouse, making it
easier to determine the area where the parties lived. The paper was
written in French but all legal notices were printed both in French
and in English.)
8 Sept. 1850
Succession sale of the property of deceased URSIN FALTERMAN - Order
dated 2 Sept. 1850 - CYPRIEN L. BLANCHARD, auctioneer...Plantation of 3 arpents
front of the right bank of the Attakapas Canal going toward Lake Verret in the NE
1/4 Sec. 2 T14S R13E, excepting 2 arpents front which belongs to HUBERT BARBIER
and the portion to which LASTI FALTERMAN has a right.
15 Sept. 1850
Died - ALEXANDRE SIGUR, age 49, of Assumption.
Succession of CELESTE LANDRY, deceased wife of BENJAMIN LANDRY, to
NATHAN G. PIERSON and MARIE EUGENIE LANDRY.
22 Sept. 1850
Election Notice - Election to be held on Monday, 30 Sept. 1850 to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. C. M. CONRAD - polling places (note:
the wards seem to have begun on the east side of Bayou Lafourche at the Ascension
Parish line, then gone south along Bayou Lafourche to Ward 6 at what is now the area
of Labadieville to the boundary with Lafourche Parish, crossed Bayou Lafourche with
Ward 7 below Napoleonville, Ward 8 continued to Napoleonville, then gone up Bayou
Lafourche ending with Ward 13 at Pierre Part. Grand River is what is today known as
Belle River.) - 1st Ward: at or near JEAN ALLEMAN's residence; Commissioners -
MELIZE LEBLANC, JEAN ALLEMAN.....2nd Ward: at or near the residence of ANDRE
ACOSTA; Commissioners - THEOPHILE FERNANDEZ, ANDRE ACOSTA, TRASIMON
TRAHAN.....3rd Ward: at or near the plantation of SEVERIN LANDRY near the
Parochial Church (now Plattenville); Commissioners - MARTIN MELANCON, NARCISSE
TEMPLET, FRANCIS MARQUETTE.....4th Ward: at or near the residence of MARIUS
ALBAGNAC; Commissioners - ROSEMOND LEBLANC, WM. A. PUGH, ETIENNE
LANDRY.....5th Ward: at or near the residence of DRAUSIN HIMEL; Commissioners -
CLAIRVILLE HIMEL, JEAN BOURG.....6th Ward: at or near the residence of J. L.
LABADIE; Commissioners - THEODULE LABADIE, AUGUSTE FREMIN.....7th Ward: at
or near the residence of E. E. MALHIOT; Commissioners - VINCENT LANDRY,
CHARLES BOLLOT, WM. A. SIMS.....8th Ward: at or near the Courthouse;
Commissioners - NATHAN WEBSTER, C. L. MAVOR.....9th Ward: at or near the billiard
room of C. J. E. GAUTHIER; Commissioners - J. B. L. DUGAS, FELIX GILLET, FIRMIN
ACOSTA.....10th Ward: at or near the residence of DUFOSSARD LANDRY;
Commissioners - DUFOSSARD LANDRY, DORCINO LANDRY, JULIEN TOURNILLON,
JR......11th Ward: at or near the residence of MARCELIN B. LEBLANC; Commissioners
- JOSEPH LANDRY, URSIN MELANCON.....12th Ward: at or near the residence of
ETIENNE PENISSON; Commissioners - ZEPHIRIN GIROIR, CLEOPHAS PENISSON,
WALTER MORRISON.....13th Ward: on Bayou Pierre Part at or near the residence of
ANACLETTE SIMONEAUX; Commissioners - VALENTIN BARRILLEAU, PREVAL
BOURGEOIS, ANACLETTE SIMONEAUX.....and on Grand River at or near the
residence of DORCINO RENTROP; Commissioners - C. THADDIUS KNIGHT, PIERRE
THERIOT, DORCINO RENTROP.....Signed: A. F. HICKMAN, sheriff of Assumption
Parish.
Succession of GRAVIEL PLACENCIA - DESIRE PLACENCIA was appointed
Administrator. Dated 10 Sept. 1850.
Succession of PIERRE STOUTE - PIERRE FIRMIN HELLUIN, Administrator.
Dated 7 Sept. 1850.
Succession sale of property of CLAIRVILLE MICHEL and ADELE ROUSEAU,
both deceased. 21 Sept. 1850.
Sheriff sale - JULIEN LABOTIERE VS. VINCENT LABORDE. 5 Oct. 1850.
Sheriff sale - TRASIMON LANDRY VS. N. G. PIERSON, et al.....a sugar mill on
the land of AUGUSTIN B. TRUXILLO, seized to satisfy the cost of suit. 5 Oct. 1850.
29 Sept. 1850
Sheriff sale - WILLIAM ROCHEL VS. E. L. FERRIER and W. N. IVY. 12
Nov. 1850 - land on Grand River.
ROSALIE DAIGLE petitioned for Administration of the estate of her late
husband, PIERRE LUCIEN BOUDREAUX. 25 Sept. 1850.
6 Oct. 1850
Detained at the parish jail - a negro girl, SOPHIA or SOPHIE, says she
belongs to MC CLELLAN KNIGHT of Bayou Black in Terrebonne Parish.
20 October 1850
Succession sale of the property of MARGUERITE LANDRY, deceased
wife of ANDRE LEBLANC. 23 Nov. 1850.
VILEOR LEBLANC petitioned to be appointed Administrator of the estate of
ROSALIE LANDRY, deceased wife of HILAIRE BREAUX. 7 Sept. 1850.
CLEOPHAS PENISSON petitioned to be appointed Administrator of the estate of
the late JEAN JOSEPH BOUDREAUX. 16 Oct. 1850.
Public sale: 9 Nov. 1850.....property of JEAN VALCOURT PORCHE, located on
Bayou Pierre Part, bounded by lands of JOSEPH TRAHAN and SIMON SIMONEAU.
1 Nov. 1850
Succession sale of PIERRE LUCIEN BOUDREAUX, 30 Nov. 1850 at the
plantation at the Bay of Lake Verret fronting on the road to Belle River, bounded by
lands of PIERRE DAIGLE JR. and SEVERIN CROCHET.
Sheriff sale.....MARGUERITE BOUDREAUX vs SILVERE MELANCON, 7 Dec.
1850, land 10 miles below the Courthouse, bounded by the road of JOSEPH MARTINEZ
and land of Mrs. PIERRE DAIGLE.
Succession sale of property of MARGUERITE LANDRY, deceased wife of
ANDRE LEBLANC, 23 Nov. 1850.....a plantation on the right bank of Bayou Lafourche,
established as a sugar farm, bounded by lands of ANSELME MOLLERE towards Bayou
Lafourche, and towards Grand Bayou by lands of A. M. FOLEY, and on the side by
lands of Col. A. PUGH and Dr. WM. L. LOGIE.....also, a tract of land in Brule Ste.
Helena.
8 Nov. 1850
Succession sale of property of ROSALIE LANDRY, deceased widow of
HILAIRE BREAUX, 7 Dec. 1850.....slaves - Andre, age 45; Marie, age 33, and her
children, Caroline age 7, Eveline age 3, Ophelia age 5, Elizabeth age 7 months; and
sundry movable property and one cow.
15 Nov. 1850
Died at Donaldsonville on 3 Nov. 1850 at the age of 59, FRANCOISE
BESSON nee DUGAS (long French eulogy).
MESHAUX H. CARROLL petitioned for letters of curatorship on the estate of
the late ADAM CARSON, 12 Nov. 1850.
29 Nov. 1850
Sheriff sale - JOHN H. ILSLEY vs PERICO VEGA, 4 Jan. 1851....land
on the right bank of Bayou Lafourche four miles below Donaldsonville, bounded by
lands of JUAN VEGA and PERICO MORALES.
Sheriff sale - A. M. FOLEY vs PIERRE HEBERT JR., 4 Jan. 1851.....land on the
west side of Bayou Lafourche near Grand Bayou.
Notice of sale - 4 Jan. 1851, PIERRE DELAHOUSSAGE, Testamentary Executor
of estate of JAMES CARE.....slaves Joe, age 40, and Giles, age 28.
6 Dec. 1850
Died 29 Nov. 1850 at age 66, JULES CLEMENT, native of France,
resident of Assumption for 17 years, previously lived in New Orleans.
Died 30 Nov. 1850 at age 36, ANSELME MOLLERE, of Assumption.
Succession sale of MARGUERITE LEBLANC, deceased wife of LOUIS
BOURGEOIS (the English notice identifies him as BERGERON, but the French says
BOURGEOIS; both say BOURGEOIS in the body of the notice).....on 9 Jan. 1851, a
sugar plantation on Bayou L'Ours bounded by lands of ADELARD BOURGEOIS and
LEONARD BOURGEOIS, and slaves - Martine age 17; Helene age 40 and her four
children, Eliza age 7, Jean Baptiste age 5, Carmelite age 5, Alexanire age 2; James
age 32; Narcisse age 16; Isaac age 24; Planchon age 24 and her child, Severin, age 2;
Louise age 20; Charlotte age 11; six cows; two calves; three pairs of working oxen;
two American mules; six Spanish mules; eight Creole horses; and two stations (stallions
intended?); farming utensils and furniture.
13 Dec. 1850
Officers and representatives of the Democratic party elected at a
meeting in Ascension Parish were TRASIMON LANDRY, president; VICTOR
CHERBONNIER, MANUEL RODRIGUEZ, ALBERT DUFFEL, W. C. S. VENTRISS & J. M.
BROOKS, vice-presidents; JAMES S. NEILSON & JOHN F. AYRAUD, secretaries; and
representatives, VICTOR PUJOS, JACQUES BESSON, EUGENE MARTIN, JOSEPH
BESSON, ADELARD DICHARRY, HENRI BRUYERE, SEVERIN CARRIERE, A. W.
WARREN and PIERRE OSCAR AYRAUD.
20 Dec. 1850
Sheriff sale - A. M. FOLEY vs CHARLES BOURG, 4 Jan. 1851.....a lot
of carpenter tools, a tool chest and grind-stone.
17 Jan. 1851
Died at Donaldsonville, 10 Jan. 1851, PHILIBERT DUPUY, born at
Chambery (Savoie) in 1809 (French eulogy).
Died at the age of 60, in Assumption, HENRIETTE BLANCHARD, widow of
JOSEPH CAPDEVIELLE.
ACHILLE DUGAS petitioned for letter of Administration of the estate of the
late widow of JOSEPH CAPDEVIELLE.
HEZEKIAH BAGARLY petitioned for letter of Curatorship of the vacant estate
of the late ALVAH SPINNEY.
24 Jan. 1851
Died on the 16th of Jan. 1851 at 8 p.m., MARY GIROIR, age 10 (a poem
to her memory).
Died in California, VICTOR CHERBONNIER fils, of Ascension Parish.
Succession sale of ANTOINE JOSEPH SUAREZ, 22 Feb. 1851....land at Grand
Bayou bounded by lands of BTE. HEBERT and CHRISTOPHE RODRIGUE, etc.
Succession sale of ALEXANDER EDWARD CUVILLIER, 24 Feb. 1851.....a lot in
Napoleonville bounded by the levee of Bayou Lafourche, a public road, land of Dr.
KITTREDGE, and land of URSIN CAILLIER.
Succession sale of property of GEDEON CANCIENNE, 24 Feb. 1851.....a
plantation in back of the Marais excepting the portion reserved for Mr. and Mrs.
GREGOIRE LANDRY, bounded by lands of ISAAC HEBERT and HEBERT LANDRY.
31 Jan. 1851
Succession sale of the property of the late JOSEPH COMEAU, 11 Feb.
1851, at the house of Mrs. JOSEPH COMEAU on the right bank of Bayou Lafourche 2
miles above Napoleonville: four Creole horses, timber for carts, tools, planks, pickets,
etc.
7 Feb. 1851
Succession sale of the property of the late MARIE AUCOM deceased
wife of HERMOGENE BOUDREAU, 8 Feb. 1851, at Grand Bayou (in Bruly St.
Vincent).....land at Bayou Drouit bounded by lands of JOSEPH FORD and PERIQUE
CAVALIER, a mare, horned cattle, farming utensils and furniture.
14 Feb. 1851
Married in Assumption - by Rev. MENARD on 1 Feb. 1851, HERMOGENE
LANDRY and CLARA GAUTREAU - by Rev. MASNOW on 8 Feb. 1851, NEUVILLE
LANDRY of Iberville Parish and JOSEPHINE MARQUET of Assumption - by Rev.
ACARONI on 11 Feb. 1851, ADAM BLANCHARD and JUSTINE DAIGLE.
VIRGINIE TRICHE petitioned for letter of Administration of the estate of the
late JAMES NOBLE WRIGHT, her husband deceased intestate.
Succession of PIERRE DAIGLE.....MARGUERITE BOUDREAUX, his widow, filed
account of Administration.
7th Mar. 1851
Married on 4 Mar. 1851, Dr. J. L. MC CORMICK of Baltimore to,
ALICE PUGH.....Died at Donaldsonville three days apart, POLK TEMPLET and DALLAS
TEMPLET, twin brothers, age 5. (Parents not given.)
Succession of MARIA SANCHEZ, deceased wife of JUAN VEGA.
Interdiction of JOSEPH BOURG, LOUIS BOURG - was the Curator. (An
interdiction is a court order depriving a person of their civil rights usually because
they are incapable of managing their own affairs due to age or debilitating illness.)
VALSIN CHEDOTAL petitioned for letter of Administration of the estate of
EDURIGE HEBERT, deceased.
16 Mar. 1851
Succession sale of the property of NOBLE WRIGHT, deceased, on 16
Apr. 1851, at the residence of CHARLES TRICHE on the left bank of Bayou
Lafourche one mile below Napoleonville.....land bounded by Mrs. ZEPHIRIN FOLSE and
SIMONETTE COMEAU, measuring one arpent twenty-seven feet front by forty arpents
depth with all buildings and improvements; furniture consisting of a desk, chairs, two
sofas, tables, bedsteads, a clock, etc.; kitchen utensils; a cooking stove; corn mill;
bricklayer's tools; a cart and harness; waggon (sic) and harness; cow and two calves;
horse, etc.
Succession sale of the property of JEAN PIERRE JUNOT on 17 Apr. 1851 at the
residence of FRANCOIS ARSEMAN in Brule Labadie, land in the rear of Brule Labadie
bounded by land of VALSIN VAISSE and vacant lands.
Succession of GEDEON CANCIENNE.....MARCELITE AUCOIN, widow of Gedeon,
now wife of ESTEVAL BAUDOUIN, filed account of Administration.
Succession of JOSEPH HIDALGO.....MARIA RODRIGUEZ, his widow, filed
account of her Administration.
Succession of JOSEPH COMEAUX.....CELESTE HEBERT filed account, of
Administration.